Make Mine Black, No Sugar...and Tea, Make Mine Tea

I love joining in the seasonal Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop whenever I can, and I just squeaked under the wire for this round...it ends at midnight tonight! You can make any caffeine-drink project and I made two coffee cards this time, though I am a die-hard tea fan.

I won this little stamp in one of the coffee hops in the past, from the Unity Stamp Company. It's adorable. I added the "soon?" for the sentiment. I masked off the image with a rectangle and then dabbed on watercolor from Viviva Watercolor Sheets...I had to dilute them a lot because they are sooo rich and pigmented.

For this one, I spritzed water on my glass mat, then dabbed a wet brush on the Viviva color sheet and added that to the water. Then I placed my cardstock face down and did the smushing technique. It worked perfectly. Again, I added the rest of the sentiment with a marker.

For this last project, I made a tag from tie-dye patterned paper my sister gave me and then stamped, colored, cut out and adhered the kitty cup from Unity Stamp Company. I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers on the cup. 

I've been joining in on the Coffee Lovers' Hops for a few years now and here are a couple past projects that I enjoyed making. 

Now I'm off to drink some tea! 

Happy Friday!

Chark

A Cup of Tea, A Cookie and You

I love a cup of tea and a cookie in the evening and I love Witch Hazel from Bugs Bunny so I'm sharing this 6 second video of her so you can enjoy the dulcet tones of Hazel, lolol.

This is my third blog post for The Coffee Lovers Blog Hop...I'm posting them separately just to get a separate url, but there may be a better way to do this. I just haven't figured it out.

For this card, I used classic black for the A Jillian Vance Coffee Cup die and Crystal Tints paint on white cardstock for the stained glass. I love how vibrant and shiny the paint is...I'm certain I'll be using more of it in the future.

I used a white die first and painted within it, with some sloppy edges that I covered with the final die in black. I mounted this one on some Christmas paper that is just blurred lights. The paper pack had a silver-toned and this gold-toned paper and the gold looked best imo.

Happy Friday Hopping!

Chark

Coffee, Tea or Crafts

Here's another post for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using a coffee die from A Jillian Vance Designs...I love it. And I used some Crystal Tints paint to make it appear like stained glass.

This time I used clear acetate as the base and then backed it with white cardstock to make the colors pop. I love how glossy it looks on acetate...I used some clear packaging that was a little thicker so it didn't tear with the paint added. This time I didn't actually put down a frame and paint within the lines, just guessed where to put the color...they  mixed a little and flowed as they dried and I like the look. 

The top die is cut from gold cardstock...this is a smaller card and not mounted on an A2 base.

Thanks for stopping & Happy Friday!

Chark

Coffee Overload

It's time for the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Hop and I went crazy with the A Jillian Vance Designs Coffee Die...as you'll notice in my multiple posts. I've had this for awhile and first saw it on the CLH, but I had to cut about a million versions and use it. Unfortunately, I don't think it's available anymore, but they have a lot of coffee/tea products here.

I bought some Crystal Tints paints because it's so cool-looking and is reminiscent of stained glass because of its shiny colorfulness. I only bought the pink, yellow and blue colors just to try them out. I like them and plan to use them again. They have the consistency of thin nail polish.

For this one, I cut a die and adhered it to white cardstock, then I painted in the panes and topped it with two more white dies. It's easiest just to paint the panels and then add a clean version of the die cut on top so you don't have to be too careful while painting. And wash those brushes or plan to throw them out, because the paint will dry hard.

The background is a sweater pattern embossing folder from Stampin' Up and you can find a similar one here from Darice, as the Stampin' Up version doesn't seem to be easy to find...I guess I hold onto  my products a long time! But when you have favorites, you use them again and again.

Happy Hopping!

Chark